An accident
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Suddenly the dog saw the cat. It ran across the road.
The dog was thinking about a bone.
wo cars were going along Cambridge Street. An Englishman was driving a Rolls-Royce, and a foreign student was driving a V.W. The Englishman was driving slowly and carefully. The student wasn't driving carefully ... he was looking at a girl. She was walking along the street. She was wearing a short skirt, and she was carrying a handbag. The traffic-lights were green. A dog was sitting beside the traffic-lights. A cat was sitting on the opposite corner.
The
English driver saw the dog. He braked quickly.
The
V.W. crashed into the Rolls-Royce.
The
girl saw the accident.
She
ran to a telephone box.
The
police came immediately.
An investigation
Questions
I ast night at 9.18 the Director of a school was walking from his office to his car when he was attacked from behind. The attacker hit the Director on the head. The police think the attacker was a student . . . maybe a girl student! The police are going to interview every student in the school.
Questions
When did it happen?
What time did it happen?
Where was the Director going?
Where was ho coming from?
Did the attacker hit him?
Where did the attacker hit him?
What do the police think?
Who's coming to the school later today? What are they going to do?
A policeman interviewed the
Director at the hospital last night:
Policeman Now, Mr Snow . . . what can you remember about the attack?
Mr Snow Well, I was working late yesterday evening. . . .
Policeman What time did you leave your office?
Mr Snow About quarter past nine.
Policeman Are you sure?
Mr Snow Oh, yes ... 1 looked at my watch.
Policeman What did you do then?
Mr Snow Well, I locked the door . . . and I was walking to my car, when somebody hit me on the head.
Policeman Did you see the attacker?
Mr Snow No, he was wearing a stocking over his head.
Policeman Tell me, Mr Snow . . . how did you break your leg?
Mr Snow Well, when thev were
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putting me into the ambulance, they dropped me!
Where’s Mr Snow now?
What’s he doing?
What's the policeman doing?
What was Mr Snow doing at nine o'clock yesterday?
What time did he leave his office?
Is he sure7 Ask •‘Why?"
What did he lock?
When did the attacker hit him?
Did he see the attacker?
Ask "Why not?"
Did Mr Snow break his arm?
Ask •’What?"
Ask “When?"
A photograph album
Jenny's 26. She's a teacher. She's
In class now.
Jenny Now, Martin . . . can you swim?
Martin Yes, I can ... I could swim when 1 was five.
Jenny Could you?
Martin Yes, Miss . . . could you swim when you were five?
Jenny I could swim when I was three.
Martin Really, Miss? Could you read and write when you were three?
Jenny No, Martin . . . of course 1 couldn't!
Exercise
When Jenny was ten, she could play the Now write ton sentences: piano, and she could ride a bicycle. But When I was ten, / could read. she couldn't speak French, and she Whets I uhis ten, I couldts't speak English. couldn't sew.